Guaranteeing the sex of a future child is no longer the stuff of science fiction.
Gender pre-selection for non-medical reasons is gaining currency around the world as a result of new developments in reproductive technology, an international conference in Montreal was told this week.
The most reliable method to choose the sex of a child before it [...]

On Sept. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in a $100,000 winner-take-all tennis match. (Go to article.)
1519 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia.
1870 Italian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to [...]